Richard Nixon actually said...

Both of us having visited your country, we feel very close to you and on this day we are so delighted to welcome you here so that you can speak to all Americans who on this day have a little bit of Irish in them.

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Remarks at a Meeting With the Irish Ambassador

03/16/1969

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